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I was talking about acquiring Flaherty, not Cease. But if you think Flaherty is a better acquisition than Cease, more power to you.

I think the risk of injury and getting jack squat for Cease far outweighs seeing if he can regain his 2022 form and trading him at the deadline.

Flaherty with the stellar 6.75 ERA as an Oriole. Oops. I guess Elias can make some stupid moves…

I don’t think that’s necessarily true. What do you think about @Y2Jimmy’s proposal above?

Okay, would you like him for cash considerations then? As in, you take Sheets and the Sox also include money?

Maybe Getz can sweeten the pot and get a deal done by including our currently projected starting RF and Baltimore hometown hero, Gavin Sheets!

I’d rather take a single third prospect back that was rated a bit higher than third and fourth pieces. But that is just due to history and looking back at the Eaton, Sale, and Quintana trades.

I think this is reasonable, because there is some redundancy in the players and prospects the Orioles have and the prospects they would be giving up for Cease.

If the Sox had another player worth a damn in a trade, like if Eloy was coming off of a big offensive season, I could see this being more likely.

Exactly. Say hello to Moncada, Kopech, and Eloy.

Why not? Because every young Orioles starter and/or pitching prospect will hit? Good luck with that. It’s just not realistic for any team.

The latest rumor is that the Brewers will keep Burnes. https://theathletic.com/5154981/2023/12/21/brewers-corbin-burnes-braves-trades-the-windup/?source=emp_shared_article Even if the Brewers do trade Burnes, he is a free agent after 2024. Good luck resigning him on the open market, Orioles. No chance in hell. Luzardo has 3 years of control left so if you are aghast at the prospect price Sox fans are discussing for Cease, good luck with Luzardo.

I have no clue what names have truly been discussed and neither do you. Period.

Here’s a question — what good rotation starter with ace potential can the Orioles sign or trade for right now that they can actually afford with their payroll?

I don’t understand these comments. You can say Sox fans are expecting far too much, and that may be true, but you are also making claims as if you are the Orioles GM and know exactly what offer Elias would accept. Neither side truly knows.

I assume you are referring to the first Soto trade from the Nationals to the Padres? Soto only had 2 years of control at the time. Robert has 4 years of control. Big difference.

That’s not going to be pretty.

Relief pitchers are apparently next on the task list. Position players, nah… the Sox offense looks great. The running theme is that they sign what’s cheap.

Agreed. I don’t see it happening. Elias doesn’t want to move his top prospects. Not sure how the Orioles hope to seal the deal when his big offseason move was Kimbrel for closer. Yikes…

Not sure how you can say that struggling in the majors doesn’t impact a player’s value. So if Cowser hit 10 homeruns in his first 77 MLB plate appearances, his value wouldn’t have jumped up more? Of course it would. Just like the inverse is true.

This is literally your own feelings and desires. While I hope this is the case as well since the Sox need bats and god knows they can’t develop them on their own, the reporting has been that Getz is trying to get pitching in return for Cease moreso than position players.

I think you’re going to be disappointed at the eventual return for Cease if you think he should return those 6 prospects and 2 more from the Orioles in their 10-15 range.

Yeah, I don’t think Getz can take that risk. He likely has only two good trade chips in Cease and eventually Robert and he has to get some sort of return. Hanging on to Cease and him getting injured would be devastating.

At what point is it just likely that Getz is asking interested teams for more than any of them are willing to give up and he needs to lower his ask? Once Snell and Montgomery sign, and Cease still isn’t traded after that?

Unfortunately, not much. Sox will lose some fans but Jerry will continue making his money.